You don’t fight fire with fire. You fight fire with water. We’re gonna fight racism with solidarity. We’re not gonna fight capitalism with Black capitalism. We’re gonna fight capitalism with socialism. Socialism is the people. If you’re afraid of socialism, you’re afraid of yourself.
FRED HAMPTONLet me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
More Fred Hampton Quotes
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Don’t worry about the Black Panther Party. As long as you keep the beat, we’ll keep on going.
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We said nobody would shoot a Panther but a pig, because Panthers don’t pose a threat to anybody but pigs.
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You have to understand that people have to pay a price for peace. If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
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Let me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.
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We know that political power doesn’t flow from the sleeve of a dashiki. We know that political power flows from the barrel of a gun.
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If you ever think about me, and you ain’t gonna do no revolutionary act, forget about me. I don’t want myself on your mind if you’re not going to work for the people.
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A revolution is a class struggle.
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We say that we will work with anybody and form a coalition with anybody that has revolution on their mind.
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You can kill a revolutionary, but you cannot kill a revolution.
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Everything would be alright if everything was put back in the hands of the people, and we’re going to have to put it back in the hands of the people.
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If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.
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In plain proletarian worker’s language, it takes two to tango.
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With no education, you have neocolonialism instead of colonialism.
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I don”t know if I like communism, and I don”t know if I like socialism. But I know that the Breakfast for Children Program feeds my kids. And if you put your hands on that Breakfast for Children Program.
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You can’t build a revolution with no education.
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